"Help Make 2005 Another Miraculous Year"
In this issue:
1. Physics Enlightens the World
2. Einstein@Home makes it onto 100,000 PCs
3. Searching for the next Einstein
4. WYP Promotional Kits
5. WYP Merchandise
6. 2005 Event Finder now online!
Happy World Year of Physics 2005! Many exciting things are happening during 2005.
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1. Physics Enlightens the World---Last Chance to Participate!!
In the World Year of Physics 2005 as many people as possible should get the feeling to be part of a great physics community spanning the whole globe. “Physics enlightens the world” is an endeavour to achieve just that: A world-wide relay of light to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s death on next Monday, April 18, 2005.
2. Einstein@Home makes it onto 100,000 PCs
Einstein@Home--our distributed computing project to search for gravitational waves--was officially launched on February 18. We have 72,337 registered users so far who have volunteered time on a total of more than 100,000 computers. Participants currently represent over 140 countries. The raw computational capacity of the participants' CPUs is over 85 TeraFlops (floating point operations per second), which exceeds the capacity of IBM's Blue Gene L (70.72 Tflops), the record holding, stand-alone supercomputer. Join in the search for gravitational waves today! Sign up at: http://www.einsteinathome.org
3. Searching for the next generation of physics talent
The World Year of Physics 2005 Physics Talent Search project is now beginning in earnest. Both students and evaluators are urged to participate (evaluators must be members of APS or AAPT). Students' results are due by July 31, 2005. All awards and recognitions will be completed by the US Organizing Committee no later than 15 September 2005.
4. WYP Promotional Kits
Now that the World Year of Physics 2005 is upon us, how about getting an official World Year of Physics 2005 Promotional Kit! Kits include lapel pins, magazines, balloons, pens, glasses and posters, or you can purchase individual items as you require. These items work great as door prizes, science awards for your graduates, or fun give-away items for volunteers at demo shows or at formal events.
5. WYP Merchandise
Get your WYP2005 Merchandise now! Watches, T-Shirts, Umbrellas, Baseball Caps and more...
6. Register your event on our 2005 Event Finder!
The WYP2005 Online Event Finder is available. We want to hear about YOUR World Year of Physics event in the United States. Add your open house, public lecture, lab tour, or physics demonstrations to our online event finder so others in your area (and around the country) can find out about your events.
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